Made to measure
Subtitle: a history of analytical instrumention ; A guide to the Pittcon Antiquities Museum Instrumention Hall of fame.
Contributors: Ryan, James F.; Newman, Alan R.
Series: Analytical chemistry
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Scientific apparatus and instruments -- History.; Scientific apparatus and instruments.
Other titles: History of analytical instrumention.; Guide to the Pittcon Antiquities Museum.; Instrumentation hall of fame.
Notes: "March 1999."

"Supplement to Today's chemist at work and Analytical chemistry."-pg. 6

"On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Conference, the editiorial staffs of Today's Chemists at Work and Analytical Chemistry are pleased to present this review of the role of instruments and their manufacturers in the history of the 20th century."--pg. 7.
Table of contents: value: Send it off to the lab / James F. Ryan and Alan R. Newman; value: Instrumention Hall of Fame /  Julie Poudrier and  Joan Moynihan; value: A history of analytical instrumentation /  Mark S. Lesney; value: From WWII to the cold war: through the eyes of the atom; value: Of guns and butter: Better living through chemistry?; value: Chain reaction: Harvests of silent spring; value: Glassware and Glasnot: Distilling a new world order; value: From mass spec to biotech: Surviving the 20th century; value: The quiet partnership; Analytical instrument business and the government; value: U.S. Envionmental Protection Agency /  Britt Erickson; value: U.S. Food and Drug Administration /  Celia Henry; value: U.S. Department of Energy / Celia Henry and  Jim Kling; value: U.S. Department of Defense / Jim Kling; value: Technology transfer /  Elizabeth Zubritsky; value: The view from Europe /  Hanns-J. Neubert; value: Looking ahead; Toward the next half century of analytical instrumention /  Alexander Nibley and  Lawrence S. Schmid; value: Gathering dust in the attic? A guide to the Antiguities Museum of Pittcon '99 /  Felcia Wach.